Guy Miller has been active for decades in the field of amateur printing and journalism. He has served as president of "The Fossils," billed as the historians of amateur journalism, and was a friend and collaborator of Willametta Turnepseed and many other amateur printers.

This collection consists of a number of published products from various amateur printers, most dating from the early and mid-20th century. The majority of the collection consists of a fairly complete run of Literary Newsette, issued from 1941-1989 by prominent printer and National Amateur Printing Association (NAPA) officer Willametta Turnepseed (Keffer) and her collaborators.

Iowa City printer and author. The bulk of the collection is comprised of monthly bundles from amateur press associations during 1990 and 1991, including the Amalgamated Printers Association, the National Amateur Press Association, and Peat's press. Items from Geringer's Press, clippings about Geringer, a miscellaneous collection of samples of printing, and several editions of his small journal, People Watcher make up the remainderof the collection. MsC0847.

Amateur journalist and member of a number of amateur press associations. Bundles of apa publications, apa official journals, correspondence, official apa documents, and Ruben's childhood efforts at printing. MsC0336.

Correspondence, chiefly love letters, between amateur printers Smith and Turnepseed, together with a few additional materials, including copies of their co-edited Literary Newsette. Many of Smith's letters document his activities training as a navigator in the United States Army Air Force, 1943-1944. MsC0868.